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Indian opposition’s victim card of choice the great Indian EVM. Track the latest EVM news, hacking allegations, stealing allegations, entirely replacing allegations and what not.

News Reports

Election Commission busts media propaganda: Malfunctioning EVM in Goa mock poll was favouring Congress, not BJP

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2019

According to the story, in a mock poll ahead of the actual elections in Goa, the BJP had received 17 votes through the EVM machine instead of its allotted 9.

News Reports

Congress spokesperson Dr Ajoy Kumar shares old article to spread EVM hack theory

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Even after pointing out that news about EVM malfunction was from 2014, Congress leader refused to take it back

Fact-Check

Indian Express journalist caught spreading fake news claiming ‘All votes going to Lotus’

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Journalist helps spread a rumor that booth number 151 in Kovalam, Kerala was taking votes only for 'Lotus'.

News Reports

Madurai: Security breach at Madurai Medical College, official enters EVM room illegally, reported to have taken documents

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2019

Technically, the room where the Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs) and Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail units are kept is out of bounds for officials

Politics

Congress’ Sam Pitroda says ‘something’ is wrong with EVMs, which he will find if allowed to ‘study’ one EVM for one year

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2019

Sam Pitroda claims he needs 1 year to study about the EVMs before revealing what are the faults in it

Politics

In the first phase of polling itself, Congress rides the ‘EVM glitch’ bogey

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

A total of 39 EVM complaints have been sent to the Election Commission by the Congress party.

Politics

Andhra Pradesh: Janasena MLA candidate smashes EVM inside polling booth, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2019

Janasena MLA candidate Madhusudan Gupta has been arrested for smashing an EVM inside a polling booth in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district.

News Reports

You went to London for evidence against EVMs, now go to Balakot – Rajyavardhan Rathore fires shot at Sibal

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2019

The Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa has already confirmed that his Air force had struck the intended targets. But some Indian politicians are desperate to discredit our armed forces and peddle Pakistan's version.

News Reports

Congress workers used to do booth capturing for me and my father when there was no EVM : Congress leader Kirti Azad

OpIndia Staff - 20 February, 2019

Kirti Azad was suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015 after he accused senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley of Corruption.

News Reports

Congress resorts to vandalism after crushing defeat in Jind bypoll, raises the ‘EVM tampering’ bogey

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2019

Congress workers created ruckus after embarrassing results in the Jind by-polls, where senior Congress leader and close aide of Rahul Gandhi, Randeep Singh Surjewala was pushed to humiliating third position

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